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Optus completes $250m amaysim acquisition Optus has completed its purchase of amaysim’s mobile business with its 1.2 million subscribers for $250 million.

1st February 2021

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Telstra and AWS 'join forces on edge computing and take businesses to the cloud' Agreeing to collaborate on multi-access (including 5G) edge computing offerings, Telstra and AWS have signed a strategic agreement "to help organisations accelerate cloud adoption".

27th January 2021

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IMPROVED ACCESS TO KEY ONLINE SERVICES DURING COVID, SAYS ACCC  Increased broadband speeds have improved performances of popular streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube during mid-September and October when compared to a pre-COVID baseline of February 2020, according to the ACCC.

10th December 2020

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RECORD 1GBPS OVER 6.5KM ACHIEVED ON 5G MMWAVE An Italian trial of 5G mmWave for fixed wireless has achieved a record 1Gbps over 6.5km. DESPITE US SANCTIONS, HUAWEI AND ZTE INCREASE 5G MARKET SHARE Despite the American sanctions against them, Chinese 5G suppliers Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation have increased their market share in the first three quarters of 2020, a study by the California-based Dell'Oro group says.

7th December 2020

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Australia's cyber security spendign soaring to $7.6B by 2024 This year alone, Australians spent approximately $5.6B on cyber security from both local and int’l providers, with spending expected to increase to $7.6Bby 2024, according to a new report.

30th November 2020

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Vocus announces plans for IPO of Vocus NZ The Vocus Group telecommunications company has appointed financial advisers in preparation for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Vocus New Zealand expected to be undertaken before the end of 2021.

19th November 2020

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Union criticises NBN Co chief for taking bonus despite cost blowout The union representing workers at the NBN Co has levelled strong criticism at the company over the fact that chief executive Stephen Rue has given himself a $1.2 million bonus while overseeing a cost blowout of $6.7 billion and not taken 300,000 premises into account in the rollout plan.

16th November 2020

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Ericsson, Telstra collaborate on edge cloud for enterprises Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson is collaborating with Telstra to develop an enterprise solution with an extension into the hybrid cloud space, following a successful 5G edge computing trial with an Australian financial institution in 2019.

11th November 2020

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NBN Co trumpets boost to Q1 revenue, earnings NBN Co is trumpeting earnings growth, recording quarterly EBITDA of $102 million in the three months ending September 2020, compared to a loss of $435 million in Q1 FY2020 - and with total revenue of $1.07 billion for three months, up 22% on the corresponding quarter last year.

9th November 2020

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Telstra announces plans for expansion into Canada, Eh? Oh, Canada! Australia's top telco is launching a dedicated Toronto Point-of-Presence to support increasing demand for connectivity into APAC from Canadian finance, tech and startup industries - aboot time!

30th October 2020